Razor-strop



(No Model.)

G. H. W/ILCOX.

- RAZOR sTRoP. No. 256,937. Patented Apr.25, 1882.

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, UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES yH. WILCOX, F DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

RAZOR-STROP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 256,937', dated April 25, 1882.

Application tiled March 15, 188:2. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CHARLES H. WILCOX, of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented new and usel'ul Improvements in Razor-Strops; and Ido hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

The nature ot this invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in razorstrops, bynieans of which the razor and brush may be concealed and kept within the saine.

The invention consists in the peculiar construction of the strop and its combination with the brush and with the brush and razor, as

Vmore fully hereinafter described.

Figure l is a longitudinal section of my iinproved strop. Fig. 2 is an end view of the saine.

In the accompany ing drawings, A represents a four-sided razor-strop of the usual construc tion, except as hereinafter described. In the body of the strop is formed a recess, a, ot suficient size to receive a razor. In the opposite end is formed another recess, b, to receive the brush B. The neck of this latter-named recess is interiorly threaded,as shown,to engage with the threaded portion of the ferrule o ot' the brush. This ferrule may also be provided with a dan ge, d, to limit the insertion ofthe brush. The handle C proper of the brush, when the brush is screwed linto the strop, forms a handle for said strop, to enable the operator to more convenientlyhold the same while sharpening his razor. To allow of and provide for a circulation of air within the recess b to prevent the brush from mildewing, apertures e (two or more) lead from the end of the strop into said recess, as shown.

What I claim as my invention isl. Arazor-strop provided with a recess, the neck of which is intcriorly threaded, in combination with a brush having a threaded portion to engage with said threaded strop, substa ntially as described.

2. A razor-strop provided with a recess, the neck of which is interiorlythreadethin combination with a brush having a threaded portion to engage with said threaded strop, the handle of the brush being adapted to also form the handle of the strop.

3. The combination, with a strop provided with a recess to receive a razor and with a recess to receive a brush, of a brush having a threaded ferrule to screw into the brush-recess, substantially as speciled.

4. A razorstrop provided with a recess to receive a brush, said recess being interiorly threaded, in combination with a brush having a threaded ferr'ule and means, as described, for Ventilating said recess when thebrush is in place, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

CHARLES H. WILCOX.

Witnesses:

H. S. SPRAGUE, E. ScULLY. 

